Taylor Wimpey questions

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Doozergirl said:

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Commiserations on your purchase.

You mention a boiler. Check that, it should be a heat pump. It's much cheaper to get a heat pump installed now, with suitable size rads. Otherwise you will have a big bill coming when the boiler needs replacing and new ones are no longer available. You may also have costs related to disconnecting gas, and obviously using electric is going to be better because you have solar and some storage.

As for broadband, steer clear of OpenReach. Overpriced and poor service.

1) There's no intention to ban gas boilers outright.  The intention is to prevent new builds having them.  It is still more expensive to run a heat pump than it is a gas boiler so I still wouldn't be looking at a gas boiler as a negative. 

2) You can't pay Openreach for internet provision, so you can't really judge price and service.  They are the key distributor and probably 95% and more of this country operates on their network. 

OP, I was on a call with Openreach management the other day, and I probably should remember better, but I think that Sky via internet is exclusively available via the Openreach network.   Developers are getting pushback from purchasers using others because they can't access Sky and so some developers are starting to offer more than one connection offering.   If you want Sky, you must check this and push back. 

I wouldn't assume that replacement gas boilers will remain available. We will have to ditch them to meet net zero. And of course the price of gas won't come down much, while electricity should get cheaper as the grid transitions to renewables. We are already seeing electricity being practically free, even paid to use it, at times.

As for internet, OpenReach sets the price to access its network. It's very expensive, which means ISP typically charge twice as much as on sat CityFibre. I'm paying £25 for 900/900, a friend stuck with OpenReach has to pay £50 for the same.